Lamp-burner



(No Model.)

T. O. PHILLIPS.

LAMP BURNER.

No. 347,126. Patented Aug. 10, 1886.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT- tries.

THOMAS C. PHILLIPS, OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI.

LAMP-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.3471126, dated August10, 1886.

Application filed February 15, 1886. Serial No. 191,948. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I. THOMAS C. PHrLLiPs, of Sedalia, in the county ofPettis and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Improvementin Lamp-Burners, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, forming apart thereof, in whichFigure 1 is a transverse section of my inn proved burner. Fig. 2 isahorizontal section taken on line :10 90 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an internalview of the spur-releasing wedge. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of thewick-raising slide.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifferent figures of the drawings. 7

The object of my invention is to provide a device for raising andlowering the wicks of lamps evenly, and through a short distance.

My invention consists in a slotted wicktube, a spring sliding platecarrying points projecting into the slot-s of the wick-tube, andarranged to be operated by a rack and pinion, and a slotted wedge or camfor disengaging the points carried by the spring-plate from the wickcontained by the tube, as hereinafter more fully described.

The body and cap of the burner, being of the usual form, will require nospecial description.

'The wick-tube A, which is supported centrally in the burner, in theusual way, has in one of its sides slots to, and a spring-plate, B,placed in contact with the slotted side of the wick-tube, is providedwith points b, which are capable of projecting through the slots of thewick-tube, and into the material of the wick, so that when the plate Bis moved up or down the wick will be moved with it. The plate B isslotted to receive a rack-bar, O, which slides in contact with theslotted side of the wick-tube A, and is secured to the lower end of thespring-plate B.

The rack-bar C and the plate B are held in place and guided by theplates 0 d of the burner, which also assist in supporting the wick-tube.

In the lower part of the burner is journaled a spindle, e, carrying apinion, f, which engages the rack O, and by which the rack and thespring-plate B are moved up and down.

To the slotted side of the wick-tube A, at

the top thereof, is secured a wedge, D, having slots to correspondingwith the slots (0 of the wick-tube, which permit of thell'lOVGlllQllll'Of the points I) in the slots (1.

lVhen the rack O and the spring-plate B carried thereby are raised bymeans of the pinion f, the spring-plate B rides upon the wedge D andwithdraws the points Z) from the wicktube A, so that the wick maybereadily inserted into the tube or removed therefrom.

After the wick has been placed in position in the tube A, thespring-plate B is moved downward, withdrawing it from the wedge D, whenthe poiutsb will be carried forward into the wick-tube by the elasticityof the springplate B, and will enter the meshes of the wick, when thewick will move up or down with the spring-plate.

WVhen it is desired to place the wick in a new position, after it hasbeen partly consumed, the spring plate B may be again brought intoengagement with the wedge D, when the wick-tube may be freely raised toany desired position. A stop-pin, y, inserted in the rack, limits itsupward motion.

By means of my improved wick-operating device the wick is made to moveeasily and evenly. The wick will be prevented from being turned toohigh, thereby avoiding the smoking or breaking of the chimney. It willalso be prevented from being turned too low, avoiding carrying the wickdownward into the lamp.

The opening through which the rack O and spring-plate B pass forms aneificicnt vent for the lamp, so that the vent-tube ordinarily used isnot required. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the slotted wicktube A, of the spring-plate B,carrying points 1), adapted to enter the slots of the tube and engagethe wick contained thereby, the rack G, attached to the spring-plate B,and the pinion f, engaging the rack O, substantiallyas herein shown anddescribed.

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vided with points I), the rack 0, attached to IO the spring-plate, andthe pinion f, fixed on the spindle 0, and adapted to engage the rack Ias herein shown and described.

THOM A S 0. Pl ILL'IPS.

\Vitnesses:

\VILsoN A. FAST, V. M. GARRARD.

